anticipating the call

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Originally posted by brainbrian
If you have 10 people all corraled in a little circle I wouldn't see why you wouldn't move in. Basically you're leaving your partner to monitor 10 people why you sit 10 feet away. And how do you expect to call a jump ball from 10 feet away between two people at the bottom of a pile that your partner is three feet away from. I would have at least moved in before calling my jump ball.

How far do you think 10 feet is?

There's absolutely no reason to move in any closer. You need to stay wide enough to see all 10 players.

As for the play, I stand by my original post and I honestly don't think that we're that far apart. I don't think you have to call a jump ball. But you'd better be watchful and get ready to call something because 99 times of out 100, you're going to have a foul, violation, or held ball. Find it before somebody gets hurt.